our meteorologist, mark tamayo, will be here with the temperature spikes. also, we're continuing our week long series going in depth with each of the candidates in the race for san francisco mayor, city supervisor aaron peskin and asha safai joining us live in the studio this afternoon from ktvu. >> fox two news. this is the four. >> another day of sweltering heat settling over the bay area today. many people searching for ways to try to beat those high temperatures, several excessive heat warnings and advisories extended now through tomorrow night. welcome everyone to the four this afternoon. i'm heather holmes and i'm alex savage. even san francisco, normally a refuge from those high temperatures, is feeling the heat this afternoon. once again. ktvu christian captain joins us now live from the city with more on how people

all across san francisco are coping with the hot weather. christian >> yeah, usually san francisco is that little oasis that people seek out trying to beat the heat. but not today. and everyone should know that when it gets this hot out, it can be downright dangerous for yet another day. temperatures soared past the 80 degree mark in san francisco in a city known for its foggy, cool temperatures, medical experts say the heat can be especially dangerous for people who aren't accustomed to it. >> remember, we in san francisco are not used to heat like this, so people that live in places that are typically hotter, they tend to acclimate and we don't. and so it can impact us more easily and more quickly than we would otherwise realize. >> emergency room doctor christopher caldwell from zuckerberg san francisco genera, says to stay hydrated and recognize the early symptoms of heat related illness, like lightheadedness or weakness, and seek treatment if the symptoms get worse, like disorientation, you won't always feel hot, even when impacts of the heat are

affecting you, so you really do need to pay attention to the symptoms that you're having. >> don't wait until you're overwhelmed by heat. make sure you drink the water i will. >> some community members took matters into their own hands for a second day. blessed alexander passed out water to thirsty people in the city's tenderloin district. he said. just yesterday, he put a bottle of water into the hand of a man who was lying on the street and warned him to get into the shade on the other side of the street, maybe about three hours later, i was walking back by and i saw the ambulance on the corner, and they were they were giving them cpr and it was just like i was like, oh god. neither the fire department nor the medical examiner has been able to confirm that this was a heat related call. now, coming back out to our live shot, talking about how dangerous that heat can be. you can see a lot of people doing what they can to stay cool. we're out here in golden gate park where ordinarily people are out

seeking the sun right now, people are actually looking for every scrap of shade that they can find. now coming up at five and six, we'll show you some other methods that people took today to try to beat the heat, including taking advantage of the city's free pool program. some people trying to beat the heat by taking a dip in the city's pools. other people. again, you saw blessed alexander passing out water to people, trying to make sure that people stay hydrated. our doctor saying once again that this heat is especially dangerous for the youngest among us and the oldest among us, our doctor saying that if you have a friend who is older, or a family member who is older, that today is the day that you want to call and check in on them to make sure that they're handling this heat. okay, guys. >> all right. our christien kafton in a very hot san francisco this afternoon. thanks, kristen. yeah, certainly not what you expect in san francisco. let's give you a live look outside. this is from our east bay camera looking off towards san francisco there, with the bay bridge in the foreground and along with the heat, we are seeing an impact on the air quality here. with this extended heat wave, we have a

spare the air alert that is in place today, now extended through tomorrow as well. yeah >> and yeah, the temperatures in san francisco in the 90s for the second day in a row. i wish i could paint in some fog in that live camera. right. to cool things off. not showing up just yet. in fact, parts of the bay area heated up today. other parts near the coast actually cooled off a little bit. but take a look at these real toasty temperatures. as you can see, another round of triple digits out toward gilroy, saratoga, walnut creek. that's some serious heat. 106 to 107 degrees. healdsburg 102, san mateo 100. san francisco the unofficial high so far 91 degrees. yesterday, san francisco peaked at 94 san jose. we'll have to see if this verifies the record heat so far today. 106 degrees. you can see the old record 96 degrees set back on this day in 2012. so a major leap in temperatures in san jose possibly record setting. we'll get the official records during the 5:00 hour. now, as you heard, the excessive heat warnings, the heat advisories have been extended

right on through thursday night. and the key concern is how long this is lasting. you get through one day, it's a tough day and then another day you have to deal with and then another day. so when you get when you stack these days on top of each other, that is the serious challenge. so heat warnings and heat advisories posted for the bay area. take a look at these current numbers out there. widespread triple digits for santa rosa novato, concord livermore is up to 107 degrees. san jose 104. some changes, though, out toward the coast you can see half moon bay, actually a pleasant 73 degrees, and san francisco, that sea breeze is trying to develop right now. in the 80s. checking in 86 as we pull back on the satellite, we can show you some fog. it's just not here. it's mainly focused down towards southern california, closer to los angeles. so here's our live camera this afternoon. fog free conditions. spare the air alert. spare the air alert continues. and also we have the dangerous heat out there. although san francisco tomorrow instead of 90s. we're thinking some 80s for

tomorrow afternoon. overnight temperatures. it will be a mild start first thing for your thursday morning and then into the afternoon hours. these bright colors do resurface, but some cooling coast, a stronger onshore breeze and right around portions of the bay. but take a look at these numbers for tomorrow. an excessive heat warning will continue in the hot spots back up to right around 100 103 degrees. we will eventually shave off a few degrees with these temperatures, and we'll have more on those changes headed our way with your full update in a few minutes. >> all right, we'll check in with you then. mark thank you. we turn now to the latest in the middle east and israeli military forces had a major setback today on the ground in southern lebanon. israeli special forces have been sneaking across the lebanese border since november conducting missions. but today, israeli soldiers were ambushed by hezbollah fighters and eight were killed. yesterday, iran launched 180 missiles into israel. most of them were intercepted, but some did make it through. the united states and other allies are hoping to advise and caution israel on its

response. >> i call the meeting to the g7. all seven of us agree that they have a right to respond, but they should respond in proportionate. >> israel will respond. our response will be decisive and yes, it will be painful. >> israel is also continuing its airstrikes in lebanon. the state department is now coordinating flights for americans to leave the country. president biden toured the storm, battered carolinas as the death toll continues to rise following hurricane helene. >> the president got a look at the devastation from above and met with local officials. mr. biden announced that up to 1000 active duty troops will be deployed to help with the recovery. fema is distributing meals, water generators and tarps to hard hit communities. nearly a week after hurricane ian made landfall. the extent of that damage is still unfolding. officials say at least 180 people have died and hundreds more remain missing.

>> it's been a nightmare. i've never seen anything like this before in my life. i've we've tried to find her friends. we can't. we don't know if they're dead or alive. >> vice president kamala harris got a look at the impact of the storm in augusta, georgia, earlier today. communities are still working there to restore water and cell phone service. more than a million people are without power in the carolinas and georgia. >> a new report is out on the number of so-called ghost guns that are being used in crimes, and seized by law enforcement across california. the department of justice report was released today in san francisco by state attorney general rob bonta. according to the report, the number of ghost guns recovered from crime scenes was down 23% in 2023 compared with the year before. ag bonta says despite the decrease, the report documents just how dangerous the ghost gun industry is.

>> they are actually even scarier than they sound. ghost guns are unserialized untraceable firearms assembled by individuals who are not licensed to manufacture firearms. this is a skip the background check industry. >> the report also outlines how california has taken action to address the ghost gun crisis through law enforcement actions and litigation against ghost gun companies. >> san francisco's police chief, welcoming the largest san francisco police academy class in years. today, chief bill scott, addressing the group of 50 recruits today. it is the biggest class since 2018. the chief noted that some classes have been as small as nine recruits in recent years. since then, though, he said that the city has fought for more competitive salaries and benefits to bring in new officers, as well as those from other cities, are lateral. >> hires are increasing steadily because of these incentives. so the sfpd, the san francisco

police department is that department now where people want to come to and that did not happen just by chance. >> the chief said that the department is also doing better at retaining its officers. he said that the new contract is paying dividends. with fewer people leaving san francisco to go to other departments. and you saw mayor london breed there with the police chief today to congratulate those recruits. as we have been telling you, mayor breed is in a very tough reelection fight. so this week we're going in depth on the mayoral race, talking with all five of the leading candidates yesterday. >> here on the four, we sat down with nonprofit founder daniel lurie this afternoon. two candidates are joining us live here in our studio. up first, board of supervisors, president aaron peskin is here to discuss his progressive agenda and his promise when it comes to housing. >> and then a little bit later in the show in the center lane is supervisor ahsha safai, how he plans to use his background in labor and city planning to help families. our conversations with these two candidates co ng up next

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is the only true progressive candidate in the race for mayor. he served as supervisor for 17 years, representing district three, which includes chinatown, fisherman's wharf, and the financial district, and in a city famous for its liberal politics, peskin has often led the charge. >> he's pushed for expanded rent control and a more compassionate approach to addressing homelessness. even as mayor, breed and other candidates in the race call for a crackdown on encampments. >> all right, let's continue our conversation with the candidates this afternoon. and we are joined here in the studio by san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin. good to have you here, supervisor. >> thanks for having me. we appreciate the time. >> all right. we have been seeing a lot of political ads, including one of yours, that's getting a lot of attention and has a lot of people talking here. let's take a quick look. oh some say it's impossible to

fix. >> san francisco. they also said you couldn't escape from alcatraz. but watch me do both. other candidates want to tear down san francisco, but i'll build on what's already great to make it even better with expanded rent control. >> oh, this. this is you, supervisor. swimming from alcatraz to san francisco. first of all, let me just ask you that. that is you, right? >> yeah, that's not me. that's me. me? it's not that far. it's only a mile and a quarter. i've done it many, many times. i'm far from the world record. yeah, i do, all the time. very impressive. >> we are impressed. absolutely. but. but the message in there is you say, look, other candidates in this race, they're trying to tear down san francisco. we know about the narrative that has developed around san francisco. and. but i'm curious to get your sense. is there a risk at all for you in trying to maybe downplay the seriousness of the issue? san francisco is facing when it comes to homelessness, housing, property, crime? >> san francisco has some very real challenges and i have some

very real solutions. and i'm actually the candidate who knows how to get things done and has a history of getting things done. but i also think that san francisco has to be done with the doom loop. we have to remember, we still live in an incredible city with incredible people, and we should stop tearing san francisco down while we are moving forward with real plans to get things better. >> one of your plans, superviso, is to expand rent control and you say that that will actually lead to more housing being buil. we all know that there is a homelessness crisis. there is an affordability crisis. so talk us. talk to us about your proposal and how it will actually lead to more housing in the city. >> yeah, i actually have a comprehensive proposal. i'm the only person who's written my entire proposal down. it's called from crisis to care. and it has a number of aspects, including systemic management reform, a regional approach to treatment. but it also calls for building more affordable housing and expanding rent control to

the approximately 100,000 san francisco tenants who do not have it. we have to stop homelessness before it begins. over 60% of our unhoused population used to be housed in san francisco. >> but but supervisor, throughout your your time at city hall, you have often been criticized as being someone who is anti housing. you are a strong supporter of what you call neighborhood preservation. you worked in many cases to stop efforts to have denser housing in certain neighborhoods. here with a shortage of affordable housing. i mean, isn't the idea that we need to build more? and how do you respond to the criticism that you're opposed to housing? >> i am very proud of my record. let's examine it. i have voted to build over 115,000 new homes in san francisco, all over san francisco at all income levels, more than every other candidate in this race combined. but we've done it by working with neighborhoods, not against neighborhoods. i know that san francisco can build the affordable housing that it needs

for our teachers and our nurses and our artists, without turning ocean beach into miami beach. >> you talk also in your ad about downtown recovery, and also debunking this doom loop narrative, but downtown is struggling. supervisor the office vacancy rate remains really, really high. so what are your possible solutions to addressing that? >> first of all, we have to start with clean and safe. and i have a long history with the officers and captains at central station that cover downtown chinatown, north beach. and they know my work. i've worked with them for 25 years, and i'm proud that so many of those officers and captains are endorsing me for supervisor. and i have been working to grow our police staffing numbers. i am the coauthor of proposition f on this november's ballot to retain veteran officers and have a documented plan to have a schools to officers pathway with forgivable college loans. that's a big part of it. we also have

to bring things downtown has never had. and i know that i've worked downtown. i got my first job in san francisco 35 years ago. we need arts and culture and entertainment. that's an aspect as well. and we need more residential downtown. and i authored legislation to make it easier to convert vacant office buildings to housing. yeah, part of the recovery, obviously, though, a lot of people agree that it has to include addressing conditions on the streets. >> let me ask you about the crisis that is homelessness in san francisco. and i know you've criticized the approach that mayor breed is taking. she has really stepped up enforcement in, in clearing encampments from from streets. and you disagree with that approach. you called it a political ploy. i'm curious how your approach would differ and is there any scenario in which, if you're a mayor, you you would order encampments to be cleared and what would the criteria be? >> yeah. let me start with my experience as a supervisor. i have never gotten as many complaints about homelessness as i have since the mayor became began. these sweeps, because they're just moving homeless people from one neighborhood to

another. so instead of them being in the tenderloin, they're now all over chinatown and the northeast corner of the city. i am calling for a regional approach. i want to lead a groundbreaking approach with san jose, with oakland, with the nine bay area counties to refurbish unused and underutilized state facilities with the economies of scale to address our homeless problem, to address our behavioral health and our drug problem, i know we can do that together. i know these mayors. i've worked with them for years and we just passed prop one. we have billions of dollars. >> let's pull it together. we're going to take a really quick break here, supervisor, but appreciate you staying around because we do have more questions that we want to get to. we're following up on some of the concerns of san francisco voters. we're going to continue our conversation when we move to talk about another important topic, and that is public safety. we touched a little bit on it, but we're going to go a little bit more in depth and ask about how you plan to address

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with continued concerns about car break ins and property crimes. the next mayor is facing a significant challenge to help people all across the city feel safe. >> yes, we want to continue our conversation with san francisco board of supervisors president and mayoral candidate aaron peskin. before i get a little bit further into crime, i do

want to pick up on something that we left off on. and you talked about your years of experience and this plan to address homelessness and kind of build this coalition, right, with other municipalities. but but you've been in office for 17 years. why not come out with this plan years ago? why are you waiting now? >> the power in san francisco is a strong mayor system of government. this is a position that actually has the authority under our constitution, the san francisco charter, to do those kind of things. the board of supervisors is the lawmaking branch. we don't we can't make laws that say, mayor, go work with your fellow mayors in the bay area. that's something that a mayor does. but i have those connections. i've you know, been working with those people now for on and off for a quarter of a century. and i have the experience and i've learned so much along the way. and i also know who the experts in the fields are to listen to and to work with, and whose ideas to champion. >> all right. let's talk about

the issue, the pressing issue of public safety in san francisco. and as you know, you live in the city, and it really is top of mind for a lot of voters, a lot of the folks you're trying to win over here. what is going to be your approach to addressing, you know, issues like car, break-ins and property crimes and burglaries and, and helping people have the sense that they are safe in san francisco? >> yeah. i think as you just said, it's not only being safe, it's also feeling safe. when i first became a supervisor in the year 2000 and had chinatown in my district, there were a lot of people who did not feel safe. and i worked very hard to with the police department to recruit and train and retain officers who spoke chinese. at that time, there was only one officer. today we have entire platoon. and what's really important is those are beat cops. they do

real community policing. they not only keep the neighborhoods safe from crime, they know the names of their shopkeepers. the shopkeepers know their names. it makes people feel safe. and that's what we have in north beach, too. i want to expand that community policing to neighborhoods across san francisco who need to know their officers and have them. i mean, many of the people in my neighborhood have the officers on their cell phones. they see them in their cafes, and you know, it's easy to talk tough. and a lot of people on that stage talk tough. what we need is tough management and a balanced approach. >> you mentioned about the opponents and you've criticized them for talking tough on crime. and you say, you know that that's not what gets the job done, but do you believe that you have gotten the job done over these last couple of years in terms of public safety in san francisco? >> i think if you look at the folks in the northeast corner of san francisco, that's been ground zero for tourism, where we have fisherman's wharf, where

car break ins are as low as they have been in years and years, where the police feel supported, where the morale is high, where residents feel safe. come to north beach tonight, it will be off the chain. i, my wife and i went out for dinner last night at 10:00. people everywhere. people feeling safe. that's what i want to do for the rest of san francisco. >> let me ask you about, you know, one of the most talked about propositions on the ballot here in california, this election is proposition 36, which would increase the penalties for certain drug and theft crimes. and i know you support this proposition here. how do you respond to the critics? hold on. how do you respond to the critics? they say this is going to take us backward to an era of mass incarceration where we've already been, you know, a lot of people might look at that and say, that doesn't sound like a very progressive position. >> so actually, alex, my thinking about prop 36 has evolved. i believe in accountability. i believe in prosecution. i also don't

believe that we should be filling our jails with people who need help around drugs. i i'm a person in recovery and i have been very clear that people who have drug problems need treatment. they don't need jail. and as i learned more about proposition 36, where i do believe that people should be held responsible for a third serious crime, i did not understand that a third serious crime could include a drug conviction. so my thinking about prop 36 has evolved. i think that, and my plan is to lead a groundbreaking regional approach to have the treatment beds that this entire region, this city of oakland, my city of san francisco, need to give people the help that they need to recover from drugs. >> all right, supervisor, we're going to have to leave it there. but really appreciate you coming in, making the trip across the bridge to join us live here in studio. this is what matters to voters, so we appreciate it very much. >> thanks so much for the

opportunity. >> we appreciate it. and be sure to stay here with us on the four. we're going to have a live interview with another candidate, supervisor asha safai. why? he says we can't arrest our way out of the drug and homelessness crisis. the additional solutions he's offering coming up next

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mark grew the bureaucracy by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need. who earned a master's degree in city planning from mit and moved to san francisco in 2000. and now he is running for mayor and drawing on his time as a former

labor organizer. >> eight years i represented frontline workers like janitors, delivery drivers and sanitation workers, bringing labor and business together. >> safai currently represents district 11 in san francisco, which includes the outer missio, ingleside, and excelsior neighborhoods. we're so glad to welcome supervisor safai to the studios today. i really appreciate you being here. i want to touch on something that you bring up in your ad, and that is your time of working with everyday workers. as we know, those are the people who right now supervisor, are struggling in san francisco. how do you plan to bring more affordable housing to the city? >> listen, i'm running to be mayor of this city to represent all san franciscans. so many middle class working families are being pushed out. economic inequality is really impacting everyday lives. things like accessible, affordable childcare, things like free city college. this mayor actually raided the fund that funds free

city college. that's where nurses, that's where paramedics. that's where, you know, our 911 call operators, all of our frontline workers, a lot of them go to city college and it's their transition on the affordable housing side. you look at my district there was no housing built in 75 years before i was elected, eight years ago. but i was able to sit down both with the private developers as well as nonprofit developers, and we've built over 600 units of housing, 65% of that is for working and middle class families. those that teachers, nurses, firefighters, those janitors, those that are left out often. and prior to, you know, the last 20 years, you could buy a home in my district, you could buy a home for a few hundred thousand dollars. today, those homes are going for $2 million. so it's incumbent upon us if we don't want to be a tale of two cities, if we want to be balanced, we have to have an agenda for working and middle class families and that is the main reason why i'm running.

>> yeah, and obviously the affordability issues when it comes to housing, you know, they come from the fact that there is just a shortage, there are not enough places for people to live. what do you think needs to change at city hall in terms of how these projects, these housing projects are approved to get more of them in the pipeline sooner? >> well, listen, we have 40,000 plus fully entitled projects right now, so. but what we're missing is the financing and the way in which to get them done in a quick manner. so we pass legislation. i let legislation that was just passed three weeks ago took some time to get it through the process, but we got it passed that says if you use union pension fund money and most of the projects that are 50 units or more use union pension money, we will reduce your transfer tax from 6% to three to incentivize people to invest. we have to incentivize people to come back to this market. i was a president of the retirement fund, $33 billion fund here in

san francisco. we're investing in real estate projects and other types of other areas of the economy all over the world except san francisco. so we have to make it attractive for investors. and that's part of the way to do that. and we put union people, good union paying jobs to work, and we build affordable housing on site. a lot of this really boils down to leadership and accountability. when i started with mayor brown 24 years ago, i learned from the best. on how you manage the city. you have to be hands on. and as mayor, that's what i would do to jump start the economy and get housing production going again. >> asha, obviously another big issue facing people in san francisco is the homelessness crisis. i want to ask you about the recent encampment sweeps and how you feel about those. and is that something an approach that you support? >> listen, at the end of the day, our sidewalks have to be for everyone. when i moved here 24 years ago, i remember vividly experiencing people living on

the streets, using drugs in a way i had never seen before. today, it is a thousand times worse. the fentanyl crisis has impacted san francisco like no other city in the united states. 811 people died on our streets last year. over 3000 have died over the last few years. it's more than double the number of people that died in san francisco and covid. so we have to have an aggressive approach. prop 36 will change the ability for judges to look at someone's criminal record and say, if you are continuing to commit crimes, that is based on your drug addiction, we're going to compel you into treatment. now judges don't have that authority. and that's why i think prop 36 will be a good thing. we also have to form partnerships with places like the salvation army. i was the first person to lead an effort on the board of supervisors to do abstinence based drug free housing in over 50 years in san francisco. it just was something that we moved away from. but i got that done three years ago. the salvation

army has 1000 beds that they want to partner us with, and we can get those online and we can get people on the road to recovery. and lastly, we got to build more shelter. we've we've really driven home this housing first agenda, which is good in theory. but when people are suffering on the streets, we have to get them off. and then lastly, i'd say the homeward bound program, which we talked about before you had me on here, we passed that legislation. give people the tickets, reunify them with their families back home in the communities that they're from. >> all right. we're going to continue the conversation here with san francisco supervisor asha safai. coming up after the break, and we will talk about public safety in the city and how he plans to address those really pressing issues. great. thank you. >> anna. bay area weather. another round of extreme heat out there. fog free conditions . wind ith e co

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crime in the city. >> all right, let's continue our conversation now with san francisco supervisor asha safai. supervisor, thank you for sticking around. we appreciate it. let's talk about obviously, you know, big concern for people in san francisco. that would be the issue of crime. and just feeling that sense of safety. in a recent debate you said here and i'm quoting to consistently tell people that crime is down

is gaslighting. this was a reference to mayor breed, who was pointing to numbers in san francisco that show crime is down across the board. so wouldn't it be gaslighting in a sense, to tell people that crime is out of control when the numbers tell a different story? >> yeah. no, i never said out of control. what i was highlighting was just this past saturday, 2:00 in the afternoon, a block from the mcdonald's in my district. a man was shot exactly the same time of day, almost that ricky pearsall was shot in union square. so people see that i was getting text messages, calls off the hook because of the brazen nature of crime. when you see 6 or 7 people walk into a walgreens like last week, takes items out of a store, they get into a verbal altercation with the with a customer. and then for the last three weeks, almost every night, the small businesses in my district have been broken into between 1 and 5 a.m. and not just glass being broken like literally trucks

backing up, hooking the security gates and ripping them off. so this is happening on a level, sure, but if you were mayor right now, wouldn't you be touting the fact that crime numbers are down? i would, i would i would say it in a different way. i would say we're doing good on the numbers, but we're not doing good on the brazen nature of these crimes. and we need to have more presence. we need to have all the people in my district are asking for the cameras to be put up, the security cameras, the license plate readers. that still hasn't happened. we got to do that aggressively. we have to engage more with some of the drones that we've that we've put into place. we just approved that at the board of supervisors, their formal plan. and so i would be out there talking about, yeah, the numbers are telling one story, but you citizens, i know you're not feeling it. i need to do a better job. and let me tell you how i'm going to be out there. we're going to get people on foot beats. i passed a plan in january that said every single police district in this city needs to have officers out on the beat. walking foot beats

bike patrols. it hasn't been fully implemented, but last night when i drove through union square, i literally counted at 10:00 at night, ten police cars and a mobile vehicle parked there. yes, we need to protect union square. it's 40% of our retail sales, but the neighborhoods need that level of protection, too. and i think that's why people are upset because they're experiencing on a daily basis, maybe not at the same level as they were, but definitely there's still a lot more room to improve. >> one of the challenges, though, is having enough officers right to be out there in the neighborhoods. we just did a story about 50 recruits graduating today. congratulations to them. but but what is your plan to get more officers into the city? i know you have this loan forgiveness program. how do you believe that that will help. >> well, listen, we're in a very competitive market. it's one of the things that i've criticized this mayor on over the last few budget cycles. she's put in a quarter million dollars into police recruitment over the last six years. that's not going to

make san francisco competitive. we have to be aggressive about going out and competing with all the other surrounding areas. and so i put forward a plan. after talking and listening to frontline officers that said, if we offer you $25,000 in student loan forgiveness, you come work for us for three years. will that make a difference? and will that attract you? and all we kept hearing was a resounding yes. and you know what else it does, heather? it attracts more women. it attracts more people of color because oftentimes they're the ones that are struggling with the upfront costs. the student loan debt. and this is the first year in california history you have to have a four year degree to be a police officer or a two year specialization in criminal justice. so i want us to be ahead of the curve. i want us to be groundbreaking, and i want us to move aggressively to get not just police, but 911 deputy sheriffs, fire paramedics, all of our socials, all of our safety net. we want to prioritize them and get them in here aggressively.

>> supervisor, we're about to wrap up, but we did we did touch on the drug crisis for a bit earlier in the segment. but let me ask you about the current approach we're seeing right now, which is really stepped up enforcement and a crackdown, if you will, on drug dealers in san francisco as well as drug users. and we are seeing the arrest numbers going up. you it sounds like you disagree with that approach. how would your approach differ to addressing the drug crisis on the streets of the city? >> so i believe fundamentally, if you're selling drugs, you should be arrested and we need to move aggressively on that. what i'm referring to in terms of a long term plan to have effect, we have to have more abstinence base. we have to have more emergency drop in centers. we have to have partnerships with places like salvation army and other organizations that want to aggressively get recovery online. and yes, we have to move aggressively with telehealth, allowing people late at night with outreach workers to access a medical, a doctor to

get the medication that they need if they need some. all of that needs to be done in a coordinated way, and that's why i keep coming back to leadership and what's missing from this current mayor. we don't have a coordinated strategy. and so that's why it feels like when you see officers out on the street arresting someone, they arrest and release, oftentimes they're arresting and releasing. that doesn't add up to a coordinated plan to cut the number of people that are using drugs. i want to have a long term solution, and all of the things that i laid out, i think will have an impact on it, and we can turn this crisis around. >> supervisor, we really appreciate you taking the time. i know you've been out there on the campaign trail, so thanks so much for coming in today. really appreciate it. yeah. thanks for having me. it matters now. it's going to be up to you. the voters. all right. let's turn things over to mark. >> yeah. still talking about some hot temperatures. bay area wide to this heat stretch continues. this dangerous heat stretch continues into your thursday. take a look. so it's been several days now starting on monday, tuesday, today and tomorrow. that's a big temperature range. lots of triple digits. the excessive heat warning has been extended

through thursday night records. we've been talking about records so far. and of course the pattern like this, especially this time of year, elevated fire danger. so the heat warnings for all the areas in red, the heat advisories for all the areas in yellow out toward the coast, out toward monterey bay, and for the north bay valley. so temperatures tomorrow hit. i hesitate, hesitate to say cooler. it will be cooler, but still going to be a hot day. here's the satellite where we're looking for the fog to cool us off, but it's really focused down towards southern california. the big cloud area out here in the pacific, but for the most part, right now we are in the clear. and of course, as you know, it's very hot across the bay area right now. take a look. santa rosa 103 degrees livermore 107 san jose. likely a record today. right now, 104 san francisco is actually cooled off from the lower 90s this afternoon, down to 86 degrees in half moon bay in the lower 70s. the temperature change compared to this time yesterday, some areas a bit cooler out toward half moon bay and sfo, some areas a bit warmer out towards

san jose and the livermore valley. here's our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. it seems like 90% of the time we point to this camera and show you some fog that cools off the bay area, maybe cooling off too much, but right now we are in the clear and we are still warm to hot out there. interesting. in san francisco today, 1:00 this afternoon out toward ocean beach, closer to golden gate park, 72 degrees at the same time, just a few miles away. this center closer to downtown, 91 degrees. so nearly 20 degrees warmer at the same time, from the coast to downtown san francisco. overnight temperatures starting out your your thursday morning in the 50s, 60s and the 70s. so a mild to warm start tomorrow morning. here's the forecast model. typically we're showing you some fog showing up here. and there's the chance we could have a few patches approaching our coastline. but it's still a hot forecast. but we will begin to trim back on those temperatures coast side in a bit around the bay, but it's still a hot forecast for your thursday. this area of high pressure. we

usually do not see this pattern this strong, this time of year wants to stick around somewhat and the concern is, you know, thankfully we're not talking about a red flag fire warnings. but this heat up right now, you know, the possibility of some more stronger off shore wind events later in the month of october. that is not the good sequence of events, so it's something you have to watch closely over the next few days. cooler for the coast tomorrow. it's still a hot thursday and then we're going to see this system, this this could actually produce some rain up in seattle for friday for us will trim back on those temperatures a bit and no, no no major cooldowns. but still you'll notice a bit of a drop off in those numbers by friday. take a look at the numbers for your thursday. san francisco 84, oakland 89. some 90s for fremont and san jose getting close to 100 and triple digits for concord, livermore, and in antioch. here is a look ahead. your five day forecast slightly cooler into your friday at least we're out of the triple digits, but still some mid to mid to upper 90s inland. warm to hot on saturday with some cooling as you can see for

sunday and into monday. so 97 does not seem like a cool temperatures, but at least compared to what we have been dealing with, it is trending in the right direction. >> it's all about perspective. mark, thank you much more news headed your way this afternoon here on the four. but up first let's check on the roads around the bay area. we head to the east bay here. and this is a live look at conditions along interstate 880. heading right past the coliseum and the a na there, and does mark farrell have the right experience to shake up city hall?

in nearly ten years as supervisor, mark grew the bureaucracy by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need.

here in california. darrell and kathleen typekit started visiting the parks 37 years ago, and they have been to all 431 of them across the u.s. they say it great way to explore the country and stumble upon places they have never even considered visiting before. >> we had gone to a few and we started going to a few more. we made the mistake of making a list and i'll say, never give my husband a list, because once you have a list, you have to get to everything on the list. >> i do have favorites, but honestly, it's really the next park that you come and visit in. my book is my favorite because you never know what you're going to come across. >> and the couple says they've driven flown on airliners, helicopters and tiny seaplanes. over 100,000 miles to those national parks. that is really cool. >> that is, eclipse chasers headed to the southern tip of

south america for the latest show up there in the sky, the annual solar eclipse was visible this afternoon over easter island and parts of southern chile, as well as argentina. during an annular eclipse, the shadow of the moon hides all but a sliver of the sun, causing what's known as that ring of fire. like the eclipse that many people were able to witness in the u.s. and mexico back in april, a partial eclipse was visible in other places, including parts of hawaii. there's plenty of time, though, to plan for the next total solar eclipse is not arriving until 2026. >> mcdonald's happy meals are getting a halloween makeover. the fast food chain announced the return of its boo buckets. beg your pardon? they're called boo baskets. they include a happy meal and they can be used as a trick or treat basket. the boo baskets come in four different designs, and the company encourages fans to customize them further with their halloween stickers. the spooky happy meals return on october 15th and will be available for a limited time while supplies last. so in our ktvu idea of the day, we asked image generator midjourney to

take us back in time to the year of the first year that they had boo buckets. that was 1986 and imagine halloween back then. i remember it well. vaguely remember it. that's about what it looked like, i suppose. >> simpler, right? >> it's a simpler time. it feels like to

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season, we're dealing with multiple respiratory diseases. >> the weather is getting colder and doctors across the country are starting to report increased cases of flu, rsv and covid. those three respiratory viruses produced a so-called tripledemic in past years, but so far there don't appear to be any major outbreaks, though health officials are keeping an eye on zeke. the new covid variant spreading quickly in europe and the u.s, the good news it's closely related to cp2, the strain targeted by the most recent covid vaccine boosters, meaning they should provide some protection against serious infection and any lingering symptoms. >> it protects you against long covid. look, i don't want to have this brain fog and this racing heart rate and this fatigue that people get due to covid. >> but with vaccination rates lagging, the cdc is making a big new push to get folks to roll up their sleeves for both the covid

and flu shots at the same time. they're available to all americans six months or older, and officials say it's the best way to ensure you protect yourself and your family from both viruses. >> i want to lead by example. that's why i got vaccinated today with my flu shot. i want to encourage folks that you can get your flu and covid on the same day. and i think we all, as leaders, want to lead by example. >> the cdc is also recommending the rsv vaccine for young children. senior citizens and anyone at risk for serious infection in los angeles, matt finn, fox news. ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> now at 5:00, the san francisco bay area sweltering on day three of this heat wave. how people are trying to stay cool from dangerous temps. >> also a big development in the battle over criminal justice in the east bay. as congressman eric swalwell endorses the recall of alameda county district attorney pamela price. >> not something that any of us take lightly, but a responsibility we all carry so

that we all can feel more safe and have less anxiety as we live our lives in the community. >> good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm cristina rendon. >> the push to recall alameda county da pamela price now has a powerful ally from the national stage. east bay congressman eric swalwell. he's speaking out against the controversial prosecutor. >> new at five ktvu henry lee live tonight in hayward with the latest development here. henry >> well, guys, eric swalwell is himself a former alameda county prosecutor who's made clear he believes pamela price should be removed from office because she's making the community less safe. >> now, swalwell came to hayward today and joined others who say that price should be recalled. price was elected on a platform of reforming the criminal justice system. swalwell says he supports that concept, but that price has gone too far. >> what we have right now is two defense tables in every